Day 79 - Second Run/Walk

I brought a can of pinto beans to eat for lunch at work and after I opened them I thought they looked funny. It turns out they expired two years ago so I pitched them. Someone had left a bag of tortilla chips in the cabinet here at work and they were a little stale but I had those with hummus. I was looking forward to my beans though, because I'm a bean fiend, pretty disappointing. I didn't have enough calories for lunch so I also had 3 small peppermint patties.

Not enough protein today. :-/

40* today for my run/walk. Brr. But I warmed up about ten minutes in.

Workout:
run/walk - 1.5 miles, 30 min, 301 cal burned
jackie warner power circuit training dvd - 15 minute upper body circuit, 125 cal burned


Breakfast:
.33 cup oats
1 T chia seeds
1 T honey
2 T peanut butter
321 cal, 17 fat, 50 carb, 10 protein, 7 fiber

Lunch:
1 oz tortilla chips
2 T hummus
1 cup broccoli
1 grapefruit
3 tiny york patties
408 cal, 12 fat, 76 carb, 8 protein, 7 fiber

Dinner:
2 eggs
1 small sweet potato
1 small turnip
1 T EVOO
1 glass white zinfandel
450 cal, 24 fat, 21 carb, 15 protein, 4 fiber

Snack:
1 blueberry greek yogurt
130 cal, 0 fat, 19 carb, 13 protein, 0 fiber

Total:
1,310 cal, 52 fat, 166 carb, 46 protein, 19 fiber
 Goals:
1,200-1,550 cal, 27-60 fat, 135-252 carb, 60-136 protein, 25-35 fiber

Day 78

My nephew helped me decorate my tiny Christmas tree after work so I didn't get in a workout.

Breakfast:
.33 cup oats
1 T chia seeds
gala apple
2 T peanut butter
honey
479 cal, 21 fat, 84 carb, 13 protein, 16 fiber

Lunch:
1 cup pinto beans
2 T hummus
1 oz cheddar cheese
1 cup grapes
356 cal, 16 fat, 41 carb, 17 protein, 8 fiber

Dinner:
1 egg
1 small sweet potato
1 cup broccoli
1 T EVOO
1 small turnip
1 glass white zinfandel
385 cal, 20 fat, 25 carb, 11 protein, 7 fiber

Snack:
greek yogurt
150 cal, 0 fat, 24 carb, 14 protein, 0 fiber

Total:
1,370 cal, 56 fat, 176 carb, 57 protein, 32 fiber
Goals:
1,200-1,550 cal, 27-60 fat, 135-252 carb, 60-136 protein, 25-35 fiber

 

Day 77 - First Day of Run/Walk

First day of the Couch to 5k program. I did great! I never felt like I had to stop jogging, I was only jogging for a minute at a time but it still was good that I didn't have to stop. My heart rate didn't get above 168 beats a minute which is great because I was afraid it might get too high. I'm very proud of myself.

I wasn't too hungry for breakfast or lunch so I didn't really eat enough. I had a snack of M & M's to try and boost my calorie and carb intake. Yum.

Workout:
run/walk 33 min, 1.5 miles, 316 cal


Breakfast:
fage blueberry yogut
130 cal, 0 fat, 19 carb, 13 protein, 0 fiber

Lunch:
can of tuna
1 T mayo
2 T hummus
dill pickles
grapefruit
316 cal, 16 fat, 24 carb, 23 protein, 5 fiber

Dinner:
1 cup pinto beans
1 cup broccoli
2 T hummus
1 oz cheddar
1 cup grapes
1 glass white zinfandel
626 cal, 20 fat, 68 carbs, 26 protein, 16 fiber

Snack:
12 peanut M&M's
103 cal, 5 fat, 12 carb, 2 protein, 1 fiber

Total:
1,175 cal, 41 fat, 123 carb, 65 protein, 22 fiber
Goals:
1,200-1,550 cal, 27-60 fat, 135-252 carb, 60-136 protein, 25-35 fiber

 

Day 74, 75, 76

Completely unhealthy these past four days. I only intended to stuff myself on Thanksgiving. That was my free day, instead that started a four day free-for-all. I kinda don't want to get mad at myself but I also DO feel mad at myself. I felt so out of control just stuffing, stuffing, stuffing despite my miserableness. I hope at Christmas I'll be better able to control myself.

No exercise either. I stacked firewood for M & D and burned a whopping 150 calories. Disappointing to say the least.

Good news: my new heart rate monitor is insanely awesome. Love it.

Gained two pounds. :-/

Day 73 - Thanksgiving Day

I'm declaring today no calorie day. HOWEVER, I am limiting myself to no seconds on anything other than turkey.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Day 72

I'm down one pants size. 18 to 16. Go me.

No exercise because of two hour trip to parents' house after work. I got my new heart rate monitor and shoes today!! I can't wait to give them a whirl. :-)

Again, an estimation on pizza based on sparkpeople.com.

Breakfast:
1 cup cornflakes
1 cup soy milk
1 banana
283 cal, 5 fat, 55 carb, 10 protein, 4 fiber

Lunch: Leftover StirFry Again
.5 cup cottage cheese
1 T EVOO
.5 bell pepper
yellow squash
onion
peas
corn
cabbage
.5 cup whole wheat isreali couscous
565 cal, 24 fat, 60 carb, 27 protein, 9 fiber

Dinner:
pizza! (night before Thanksgiving family tradition)
864 cal, 44 fat, 83 carb, 33 protein, 6 fiber

Total:
1,607 cal, 69 fat, 187 carb, 63 protein, 19 fiber
Goals:
1,200-1,550 cal, 27-60 fat, 135-252 carb, 60-136 protein, 25-35 fiber

Day 71

Down one pound this week. Totally failed at my goal to lose 20 lbs. BUT, I have lost 14, I'm just disappointed that I set such an easily attainable goal and did not meet it. I'm not going to set any more weight based goals.

Rode my bike for ten minutes but wasn't feeling it.

Breakfast: Smoothie
.5 cup cherries
1 banana
.33 cup oats
1 T chia seeds
silken tofu
1 cup soy milk
434 cal, 12 fat, 85 carb, 19 protein, 15 fiber

Lunch: Leftover Stir-Fry
.5 cup cottage cheese
1 T EVOO
.5 bell pepper
yellow squash
onion
peas
corn
cabbage
.5 cup whole wheat isreali couscous
1 honeycrisp
540 cal, 20 fat, 69 carb, 20 protein, 13 fiber

Dinner: Scrambled Egg Burrito and Butternut Squash
1 whole wheat tortilla
2 eggs
.5 small butternut squash
.5 pomegranate
1 T mayo
435 cal, 22 fat, 40 carb, 23 protein, 18 fiber


Snack:
peach greek yogurt
150 cal, 0 fat, 24 carb, 14 protein, 0 fiber


Total:
1,560 cal, 55 fat, 218 carb, 76 protein, 46 fiber

Day 70

Friday night I ordered a new pair of shoes, socks to run in, and a new heart rate monitor. I spent a little too much money but I'm very excited to get my stuff. If all goes well I hope to start running Monday, November 28.

Since the yoga DVD went so well yesterday I decided to pull out something I had ordered ten years ago, Rodney Yee's A.M. and P.M. yoga. Basically it's simple yoga that takes 20 minutes in the morning to prepare you for the day and 20 minutes to prepare you for the night. Oh yeah, it's VHS, love it. Anyway, I am so not a morning person but this morning I rolled out of bed at 5:30, brushed my teeth and rolled out my yoga mat. I decided to follow Rodney's lead and do it in my undies (he's in a speedo). It was a little hard to breathe the way he wanted me to as I'm a natural gulper and I'm hopelessly unaware of my body, but it was nice to wake up to. I hope I can get in the routine of it.

I completely forgot about my weigh-in this morning, so I'll do that tomorrow morning.

Workout:
banish fat boost metabolism DVD, 54 min, 860 cal burned

Breakfast: Smoothie!
.5 cup cherries
.25 cup cranberries (I'm so sick of them, but must eat them)
blackberries
.33 cup oats
1 T chia seeds
.5 banana
silken tofu
1 cup soy milk
401 cal, 12 fat, 77 carb, 19 protein, 15 fiber

Lunch:
.75 cup pinto beans
1.5 T hummus
.5 roasted turnip
3 broccoli's
orange
307 cal, 6 fat, 53 carb, 14 protein, 14 fiber

Dinner:
.5 cup cottage cheese
1 T EVOO
.5 bell pepper
yellow squash
onion
peas
corn
cabbage
.5 cup whole wheat isreali couscous
565 cal, 24 fat, 60 carb, 27 protein, 9 fiber


Snack:
greek yogurt
walnuts
198 cal, 5 fat, 25 carb, 16 protein, 1 fiber

Total:
1,471 cal, 47 fat, 214 carb, 76 protein, 39 fiber
Goals:
1,200-1,550 cal, 27-60 fat, 135-252 carb, 60-136 protein, 25-35 fiber

 

Days 67, 68 and 69 - Unsick, Finally

Friday:
I finally had an appetite! There was leftover lasagna that I made the feller Wednesday night so I ate a bunch of that and nothing else. haha.


Saturday:
I ate somewhat normal, definitely could have had more protein and could have eaten more. My throat didn't hurt and I wasn't coughing too hard so I rode my stationary bike for an easy five miles, then did a little strength training. Just easy stuff. It felt good after a week of doing nothing but riding the couch.

Workout:
23 minute stationary bike, 5 mile, 185 cal burned
20 min random strength training, 170 cal burned
1,293 cal, 46 fat, 214 carb, 36 protein, 26 fiber


Sunday:
I needed to clean desperately after a week on the couch and got quite a bit accomplished in two hours. I ate a sensible breakfast of oatmeal and a good lunch of roasted veg and scrambled eggs. Unfortunately I also needed to make my feller chocolate chip cookies, massive amounts of cookie dough was consumed. Okay, not massive, but enough that it made my tummy upset and I couldn't eat anything for dinner. :-/

I've had The Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga DVD for about a year but had never done it. As I was riding my bike yesterday I thought I'd give it a whirl. I loved it! Bob was great at explaining things and I felt great doing it and afterwards I was all smiles. I did the Level 1 workout which was mainly Warrior 1, Warrior 2, and different Plank poses. My legs, bum, and upper arms are sore from it.

Workout:
28 min stationary bike, 7 miles, 350 cal burned
35 minute Weight Loss Yoga DVD, 415 cal burned


1,521 cal, 72 fat(!), 192 carb, 47 protein, 13 fiber

Day 66

Thursday:
I finally broke out the chicken noodle soup in attempt to ward off my illness. The broth is always so perfect when you're sick, I picked out spongy chicken pieces though, ick. Treated myself to cake that someone brought to work.

My niece had to go to the hospital last night because she was really sick so I had to take care of my nephew who was ALSO sick. I didn't eat any dinner or nimble or anything because I so concentrated on him. I plan to stuff myself today.

Breakfast:
milk
1 cup corn flakes
banana
331 cal, 5 fat, 63 carb, 11 protein, 4 fiber

Lunch:
chicken noodle soup
orange
212 cal, 5 fat, 35 carb, 9 protein, 6 fiber

Snack:
half piece of white cake
211 cal, 8 fat, 33 carb, 2 protein, 0 fiber

Day 65

I feel like I'm not eating enough, but chewing and swallowing is agony so I'm doing the best I can.


Breakfast:
banana
peach greek yogurt
259 cal, 1 fat, 52 carb, 15 protein, 3 fiber

Lunch:
1.5 cup shrimp fried rice
.5 cup zucchini
.5 cup yellow squash
pear
483 cal, 23 fat, 67 carb, 11 protein, 9 fiber

Dinner: Scrambled Eggs w/ Mozzarella, Stir Fried Veg
2 eggs
1 T EVOO
1 cup cabbage
1 cup zucchini
1 cup grapes
1 oz mozzarella
445 cal, 30 fat, 29 carb, 22 protein, 5 fiber

Total:
1,187 cal, 54 fat, 147 carb, 48 protein, 17 fiber
Goals:
1,200-1,550 cal, 27-60 fat, 135-252 carb, 60-136 protein, 25-35 fiber

Day 64

Being sick is really a pain. I want to do so much but I'm so limited. My throat feels like fire, I couldn't even talk today. My boss told me go home early and I did. I picked up a package of m&m's because sick people need them to recover.

For some reason I had set my 20 lb goal on a Thursday, I changed it to the following Monday. I'll not meet it either way so it didn't seem like that big a deal to move it.

Breakfast:
1 slice 12 grain
1.5 T peanut butter
honey
1 banana
288 cal, 10 fat, 46 carb, 9 protein, 6 fiber

Lunch: Shrimp Fried Rice with Squash
1.5 cup shrimp fried rice
1 T EVOO
zucchini
yellow squash
1 orange
452 cal, 21 fat, 59 carb, 11 protein, 9 fiber

Dinner:
2 chicken thighs
1 small white potato
1 small sweet potato
1 cup grapes
406 cal, 7 fat, 57 carbs, 32 protein, 7 fiber

Snack:
1 package of m&m's
240 cal, 10 fat, 34 carbs, 2 protein, 1 fiber

Total:
1,386 cal, 48 fat, 196 carb, 54 protein, 23 fiber
Goals:
1,200-1,550 cal, 27-60 fat, 135-252 carb, 60-136 protein, 25-35 fiber

Day 63 - Weigh In

I weighed 209 lbs this morning. Wow. I ate good last week but I also didn't eat much this weekend which I think factored into losing 4 lbs. But, it feels great.

I wish I could workout. But my cold is in my chest and I think you're not supposed to. I'm dying to ride my bike. It was also in the 70's today. It sucks being sick.

Chicken for supper! I haven't had chicken in forever. I've just been craving Thanksgiving so much that chicken was a good compromise. It was sort of local (from Ohio) and judging from the website treated better than normal factory chickens so I'll try not to feel too guilty.

Breakfast:
1 banana
1 slice 12 grain bread
1.5 T peanut butter
honey
288 cal, 10 fat, 46 carb, 9 protein, 6 fiber

Lunch:
1 can tuna
dill pickles
1.5 T mayo
1 slice 12 grain bread
1 cup grapes
442 cal, 25 fat, 36 carb, 26 protein, 5 fiber

Dinner:
2 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1 cup zucchini
1 cup corn
1 glass white merlot
468 cal, 7 fat, 36 carb, 33 protein, 7 fiber

Snack:
1 peach greek yogurt
150 cal, 0 fat, 24 carb, 14 protein, 0 fiber

Total:
1,348 cal, 42 fat, 143 carb, 82 protein, 18 fiber
Goals:
1,200-1,550 cal, 27-60 fat, 135-252 carb, 60-136 protein, 25-35 fiber

 

Days 61 and 62

I woke up Saturday super sick. All I really managed to eat was cottage cheese, canned pineapple rings, and a forced cheese sandwich. I was so miserably I could hardly eat. I was super short on calories, but that happens when you're sick.

Intake:
991 cal, 33 fat, 118 carbs, 63 protein, 7 fiber

Sunday I felt a little better. I ate more, what I ate wasn't stellar but I got more food in me. Cottage cheese again, hence all the protein.

Intake:
1,263 cal, 44 fat, 153 carb, 69 protein, 8 fiber

Day 60

I went for a walk after work. I tested the water by lightly jogging every now and then. It was very nice.  I can't wait to get a pair of shoes.

Pizza for my treat meal this week. I'm estimating the calories by what sparkpeople.com says is in three pieces.

Workout:
3 mile trail walk, 71 minutes, 790 cal burned


Breakfast:
.33 cup steel cut oats
.66 cup blueberries
1.5 T peanut butter
honey
414 cal, 15 fat, 63 carb, 13 protein, 10 fiber

Lunch:
grocery store deli salad
3.5 T italian dressing
307 cal, 22 fat, 23 carb, 6 protein, 6 fat

Dinner:
3 pieces cheese pizza
562 cal, 13 fat, 82 carb, 31 protein, 0 fiber

Snack:
4 prunes
walnuts
177 cal, 9 fat, 23 carb, 4 protein, 3 fiber

Total:
1,379 cal, 60 fat, 169 carb, 54 protein, 16 fiber
Goals:
1,200-1,550 cal, 27-60 fat, 135-252 carb, 60-136 protein, 25-35 fiber